Healthy older adults with a normal cognitive function and mild cognitive impairment.
Conditions
Interventions
Eating brown rice once a day, 4 times a week for 24 weeks
Eating white rice for 24 weeks
Sponsors
Smart-Aging Research Center, Tohoku University
Eligibility
Sex/Gender
All
Inclusion criteria
Inclusion criteria: Males and females aged over 60 in facilities for the elderly (elderly housing with services, day services, nursing homes, etc.). Those whose cognitive function ranges from normal to mild cognitive impairment, and who has written consent to participate in this study. Those who can eat brown rice or white rice one meal a day, four days a week during the study period and continue it for 6 months.
Exclusion criteria
Exclusion criteria: We will exclude the subjects with dementia, Alzheimer, MMSE score of less than 23, visual impairment, hearing impairment. Those who have taken brown rice continuously in the last year. In addition, person who have difficulty performing cognitive tests.
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| Cognitive function (FAB) | — |
Secondary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| Cognitive test (MMSE, stroop, CANDy: Conversational Assessment of Neurocognitive Dysfunction, S-A creativity test, epistemic curiosity scale) psychological test (TIPI-J, GHQ12, WHO-5, Visual analogue scale) autonomic test (photoplethysmogram, FitBit Flex2) | — |
Countries
Japan
Contacts
Public ContactYuji Takano
Smart-Aging Research Center, Tohoku University Joint Research Division for Nutrition & Cognitive Health (Toyo Rice Corp.)
Outcome results
None listed